126 different snacks. This is what the jury of the first Spanish Bocata Championship had to face, the championship that settles a historical grievance: Why, in the country of the bocata, where so many previous competitions have been held in the past, should the Spanish Bocata Championship be held in the country of the bocata? hamburgers, pizzas or until croissants no one had ever highlighted the value of the sandwich?
Now, at last, the affront has come to an end, and from these 126 locals have come out of all the Autonomous Communities that have faced each other in fair fight to reveal the list of 16 finalists(one for each autonomous community, practically) that will fight in the grand final on June 4 to decide which is the best sandwich in the country.
More than 100,000 people have tasted the 126 participating sandwiches during the five weeks of the Bocatas de España Championship and have already given their verdict, making the last weekend of April and the whole month of May. This top 16 will face each other next June 4 in the national final, to be held at the Mestura space of the Gran Hotel España, in Oviedo.
In addition to the award for Best Sandwich in Spain, second and third, the first, second and third place winners of the Best Sandwich Delivery by Glovo, , Audacious and Inception awarded by the organizing company, Fenicia Marketing Gourmet, Best Classic Sandwich, Best Sandwich Spain, and the three best rated sandwiches in each Autonomous Community will also receive awards.
what is the best sandwich in Catalonia?
The people of Barcelona know that this city has neglected the sandwich for too long, with bad bread and products with little love. Y although there are good specimens it is not surprising that the representative of Catalonia in this list is to be found in the interior of the country.
This is La Tasqueta de Cal Miguelín (C/ Sants Abdon i Senen 17, El Pla del Penedès,), a bar in Pla del Penedés, a municipality next to Vilafranca del Penedés, one hour from Barcelona, where they prepare the “Miguelín Special”, which includes “Bacon, chicken breast, Verde bell pepper, rustic bread and our delicious Miguelín sauce”. With 18 years on the menu, the sandwich has become a local flagship and now a contender for the best sandwich in the country.
This is the list of the remaining qualifiers:
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- CAL CARRERO for its Bocadillo El de Llonganissa (Valencian Community)
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- CAN GOURMET for its Bocadillo La Payesa (Balearic Islands)
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- CHIFLA for its Disparate sandwich (Region of Murcia)
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- DELAOSTIA for its Porky Belly sandwich (La Rioja)
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- FERRI’S BISTROT for its Genovés sandwich (Extremadura)
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- HDH for its Focaccia Bocatti di Cardinale (Basque Country)
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- IL MORDISQUITO 2 for its Bocadillo La Nera 3.0 (Andalusia)
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- LA ARTESATA for its Barbaco Koreano snack (Galicia)
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- LA BICICLETA for its sandwich Otro Mundo (Andalusia)
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- LA MANOLETA for its Brioche Brioche Sandwich of Iberian Cheek (Principality of Asturias)
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- LA MESEDORA for its sandwich El Joselillo (Comunidad Valenciana)
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- LIZARRÁN for its Bocadillo de Carrilleras en Salsa ( Community of Madrid )
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- TASQUETA CAL MIGUELÍN for its Miguelín Special sandwich (Catalonia)
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- THE DUKE’S for its Willy Fog sandwich (Cantabria)
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- THE PIT RIBS & WINGS for their sandwich The G.O.A.T (Castilla y León)
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- ZIELO COFFE & SNACK BAR for its Panzeto sandwich (León)